Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-06-03


at o'clock; also those interested or
desiring TO unite are invited.
FRANK MEDLER, Foreman.
Mr. F. W. Hooper made visit to
his former home, Exeter, Canada, last
week. lie reports crops in this part Of
the country as being at least two weeks
ahead Of those in the part he visited.
The Senate has passed n rigid bill
to prevent bucket shops. 1t Furnishes
such operations by a fine OF 81 600 and
also provides fine for any one renting
premises for bucket shop or board of
trade which does not actually deliver
grain or stock furnished.
A. w. Wright has a handsome new
span Of carriage horses. They ere jet
black, large and rangy, and were
brought from Canada by F. w. Hooper,
who also brought over for his own use
four Clydesdale mares, one Of which has
a fine foal. Mr.. IL. intends to keep the
mares on the farm for breeding pur-
poses.
The Toledo road gets more freight
out of st. Louis every day than it gets
from Alma in whole month. Figures
count in this.-St. Louis Republican.
1t does. ch. then why does not the r.
e y. run toyour town? Why does that
road make You merely a freight switch
and stop their passenger trains outside
OF your corporation; Because your
valued y town gave 81, 000 Of notes to
that road to induce it to put their iron
rails into your town. This they did in
good faith, gave you competition and
when they sought to collect the 80 coo
of notes they were only able to collect
about $40, 100, and part OF that they had
to fight and collect against defense
made by one Of your leading bankers
| that his note was dated ON sunday.
Yes, Bro. Smith, you have lots to boast
of in the T. X A. railroad. Had You
! lived up to your agreement with that
corporation the AShleys would not Of
fer the notes Of your leading thumb-in-
vest lawyers at - cents per >lo0. That
road that you say viii soon lee complet-
ed to Cadillac holds Sl4 900 Of worth
less st. Louis notes, an evidence of
broken faith on your part-of consider
alton received byyour town for which
you gave no collateral. Tia is the
reason why the L. X \. stops mile
and a quarter away from you. The on
ly passenger train that has run into
your town in months is one that backed
up your river switch to get a circus adj
vertising car. When that road is com
pleted to Cadillac you will stop at Alma
for breakfast. dinner and supper you
will see machine shops here employing
900 men and yoa Will see the I. y 4.
go from Alma direct to Ithaca and on
south. with an Irish jamting car 10
bring the st. Louis passengers here to
take the cars north and south.
The following, from Mondays Dc
troit Frcc Press, will undoubtedly be of
interest to most of our readers:
M. f. pollasky and Frank +. Poi
laSky. partners. doing general mer-
camille business i'm the Village of Alma.
Mich. commenced SD 900 libel suit in
the Wayne Circuit Court yesterday
against Il. c. Dun, of Dun's Mercan-
tile Agency. and George III. Minchener.
manager OF the Detroit agency. About
the time when the Villages Of Alma
and St Louis were engaged i'm their
legislative dispute at Lansing it is al
legged that II. G.. Dun x Co. sent a no.
tice to their subscribers that the Pol
laskys had executed chattcl mortgage
on their stock of dry goods and boots
and shoes. The plaintiffs claim that
they owed no one to speak OF and nc
one at all who was pressing them
They claim that no chattel mortgage
was executed 10y them and that the no.
tce to that effect was malicious. \
peculiarly OF their claim is that the ST.
Louis people became aware of the pub
licatiOn OF the alleged erroneous rating
made by Dun X Co. and made use of II
in their controversy with the Alma vii
layers in the Legislature. 1t is also
claimed that Immediately upon the cir
culation of the statement by Dun y Co
| iNlANlN VI lli'ihll ~ Sttii W IfoAtA III hI't4
the firm from houses with whom they
were connected in commercial way
anxious 10 learn the cause of their sud
den embarrassment. They claim that
one house in Detroit. with which they
have transacted business, refused to i'll
, any further orde-s after the publication
by Dun X Co. of the alleged erroueou.
rating until an agent had investigated
the financial condition of the firm
Col. Henry NJ. Dufheld. attorney fol
the plaintiffs. says. that.in his opinion
providing statements such as those oi
: the plaintiffs are proven true. that com
mercial agencies can be held RESPONSE
BILE. He says that under .number OF
recent decisions and particularly in q
case in New York in which Bradstreet'
agency was defendant. it has been held
that the publication of such IA state.
ment as Dun 4 Co. are alleged to have
made in the case of the Pollaskys is moi
privileged and may be held pecuniarilN
responsible. Col. Duflield says that the
fact that it is understood 10y the sub
scribcrs to n commercial agency that the